When I was 14 years old, I was one of those people who, like the oft-repeated cliche, would listen to...
“The Sex Pistols would be vastly improved by sudden death, they are the antithesis of human kind. I would like...
For a long time Daniel Johnston was the ultimate outsider artist, revered by almost every musician who had heard of...
Debut album Today is probably Galaxie 500’s finest collection of songs. The listener is spared no introductory niceties being thrown...
The Vaselines song ‘I Hate The 80’s’ certainly resonated with me, the eighties were for me, generally ‘shit.’ Greed, consumerism,...
The release of Pixies second album Doolittle in 1989 is often cited as the birth of alternative rock music. As...
By the end of the 80s, hip-hop had transformed from its roots through to a radical political stance and onto...
Often cited as one of the decade’s most influential records, Spirit of Eden was relatively unprecedented in the 1980’s even...
In 1986, it looked as though Elvis Costello was basically irrelevant. His last effort, Goodbye Cruel World, had been universally...
Orange Juice‘s second major label album garnered their biggest ever success with their only Top 10 single, but much of...
Kraftwerk were as important to music as The Beatles. If ever there was a word that made electronica fans’ legs...
